Polish nationalists hold Independence Day march in Warsaw after voters reject their worldview

Tens of thousands of people walked through Warsaw on Saturday in a march organized by nationalist groups as Poland celebrated its Independence Day holiday, 105 years after the nation regained its statehood at the end of World War I.

Participants carried Poland’s white-and-red flag and some burned flares as they marched along a route leading from the city center to the National Stadium.

While many patriotic events take place across the nation of 38 million on Nov. 11, the yearly Independence March has come to dominate news coverage because it has sometimes been marred by xenophobic slogans and violence.